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Gallery LEVY Berlin re-opens as Alexander Levy Gallery with a solo exhibition with new works by Julius von Bismarck, a young Berlin-based artist who became famous with his “Image Fulgurator“. For his new work, “Punishment I”, Julius von Bismarck went on a journey through Switzerland, South America and the U.S. armed with a whip. By [...]

It was beautiful autumn weather during Frieze Art Fair 2009, so we took a walk in the park: Frieze’s Sculpture Park, located in the southeast corner of Regent’s Park. This year’s Frieze Sculpture Park has been curated by David Thorp and featured works by the followning artists: Zhan Wang: Artificial Rock No. 16 (2007); Maria [...]

O Castelo (Le Château) is a group exhibition at Galeria Luisa Strina in Sao Paulo, created by “Various Artists”. The remarkable thing is that these “various artists” are a group of 24 artists that are fictive, created by the artist Trudo Engels. The exhibition, curated by Catherine Bompuis consists of a castle made out of [...]

Interview with Montreal-based painter Paul Bureau who was showing his oil paintings at the booth of Donald Browne Gallery at Art Amsterdam 2011. Paul Bureau was presenting a new body of work called “No Exit”. In this video he talks about the technique he uses, why and how he switched from using acrylic to oil [...]

Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany, is one of the word’s most important exhibitions of contemporary art. Documenta Kassel takes place every five years. Documenta was founded by artist and teacher Arnold Bode in 1955. The artistic director of documenta 12 is the exhibition organizer and curator Roger M. Buergel (born in Berlin in 1962). “Together [...]

Within the framework of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, art curator, critic and art historian Hans Ulrich Obrist conducted live public interviews with every Biennale participant. The six-day live marathon took place in the Arsenale from August 22 through 27. Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed artists and architects such as Kazuyo [...]

Jenny Holzer created a site-specific light projection for the newly renovated facade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum in New York. The Guggenheim Museum commissioned the piece to mark the completion of the museums’s three-year restoration project. Jenny Holzer’s work, entitled “For the Guggenheim” will be on display from dusk to 11 pm every Friday [...]

One of the events during Armory Week was the celebration of High Line Art’s Spring Season and Opening of the new public art project “Space Available” by Kim Beck. In this video, we take a walk on the High Line and speak with the curator and director of the High Line’s art program, Lauren Ross. [...]

During our stay in Miami we had the chance to meet with Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni. Piero Lissoni hosted a book signing and cocktail reception at the Dellis Cay VIP booth at the Art Collectors Lounge of the Miami Beach Convention Center. Piero Lissoni is one of the world-renowned architects who have been [...]

This is the second and final part of a talk the artists Doug and Mike Starn held at their studio in Beacon. Mike and Doug Starn talk about their large installation called Big Bambú, a massive, moving construction made out of countless bamboo poles that is in constant transformation. Click here for part 1 and [...]

With “Jean Prouvé. The poetics of the technical object” the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein presents the first comprehensive and systematic touring exhibition on the work of French designer and architect Jean Prouvé (1901-1984). VernissageTV talks with his daughter Cathérine Prouvé at the occasion of the opening reception of the exhibition. Vitra Design [...]

This year’s Design Miami/ Basel moves even closer to the art fair Art Basel. The design fair takes place in Hall 5 of Messe Basel, with a direct passage to Art Basel’s Art Unlimited sector. The marketplace for limited-edition design features design galleries such as Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai; Droog, New York; Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London; [...]

Part 2 of the interview with the curator of the exhibition Joe Colombo – Inventing the Future at the Vitra Design Museum, Mateo Kries, on January 20, 2006. One of the most successful designers of his time, Joe Colombo produced design classics such as the “Elda” armchair, the “Universale” chair or the lamp “Alogena”. In [...]

Currently, the Vitra Design Museum is showing an exhibition that aims at telling the story of Dubai from a cultural angle. Together with the exhibition “Living under the Crescent Moon” the exhibition “Dubai Next: Face of 21st Century Culture”, being located in Zaha Hadid’s Firestation at the Vitra Campus, complements the museum’s focus on Arab [...]

A conversation with Ambra Medda, co-founder and director of Design Miami/ Basel. In 2007, Design Miami/ Basel explores Process and Performance in contemporary and historic design. Ambra Medda talks about the new venue (the Markthalle, Basel), the participating design galleries, the special program with Design Performances, Design Exhibitions, Design Films, and Design Talks, and the [...]